But
there are some tips to increase your metabolism that you may not have
heard of yet.

Did
you know getting the right amount of sleep can help? Reducing stress is
another one you may not heard of or how about fidgeting or breathing
exercises. All these can help you rev up your metabolic rate.

Keep reading to learn why these can help.

Reduce Stress

This
tip to boost metabolism naturally may be easier said than done.
Reducing your stress level not only helps you rev up your metabolism,
it also helps minimize many medical risks as well.

It is well known that stress can cause
many medical conditions and even
causes weight gain. When you are stressed, your body releases
the
stress hormone known as cortisol.

Get Sleep

Another tip to boost metabolism naturally that you may not be aware of
is a simple good night sleep.

Getting
a good night's sleep is essential for your body.

As your body
sleeps, it is recouping from the previous day.

This is the
time
your body rejuvenates itself and it's different systems such as the
digestive system, allowing you to digest foods more efficiently.

Sleep
also helps you to feel energized and allows you to get the most out of
your exercise routine.

With a good night's sleep you are more
likely to be motivated to workout and can increase the duration of your
exercise routine not to mention that it helps boost metabolism
naturally.

Get Fidgety

Do you have a friend that is constantly bouncing their leg up
and down?
Or perhaps they talk with their hands or tap their fingers on the
table. Is this friend one of your "skinny" friends?

I've
always
called these people my "nervous" friends and yes, they are all
skinning. Who would have thought being fidgety was a way to boost
metabolism naturally.

Fidgeting can be key to giving you more energy
and a boost to your metabolism. Fidgeting and incidental
movements throughout the day are called "non-exercise activity
thermogenesis" or NEAT.

Thermogenesis is the term for energy
burning. When you fidget or talk with your hands, your
body assumes it has excess energy to work off so it boosts your
metabolism.

The less you move the more your body thinks it
does
not have excess energy, so in turn slows down your metabolism.

Take a Deep Breath

Oxygen
is critical to our survival, which we all know. Besides just
keeping us alive, oxygen plays an important role to the function of
many of our bodies systems.

Oxygen is needed for the muscles
to
work efficiently when we exercise. And of course when we are
exercising we are breathing more deeply.

But in addition to
breathing deeply during exercise, by taking time out during the day for
some simple breathing exercises, you can increase your metabolism.

When you breathe deeply you are oxygenating your body. The
more
oxygen means the more efficiently you will burn calories; meaning a
more efficient metabolism.

You should try to take time out of
your day to do 5 minutes of deep breathing about 3 times a day.
Not only will it help boost metabolism naturally but
this is a
great
way to stay relaxed and relieve stress.

Get The Calories Right

One common mistake many people make when they start a weight
loss
program is they take in too few calories.

We've all heard
that
you have to reduce calories to lose weight. So the natural
direction one would think in order to lose weight fast, is to cut even
more calories.

While in theory, this may make sense, in actuality
it's one of the biggest mistakes and the most common reason for a slow
metabolism.

You have probably read many articles on the right
foods to eat and the wrong things to drink and have probably read many
articles on calorie
intake as well.

You may have even used a
weight
loss calculator or two. So you think you've got the
right
foods and the right calories, but you are still not losing weight.

Remember, calculating the proper BMR and calorie intake is
not an
exact science. So, adjust your calories by increasing them
slightly to see if this gets you on the losing end.

When a
person gets too few calories the body slows down the metabolism and
starts storing food as fat. Even though this one
may be hard
to accept, sometimes the best way to lose weight is to increase your
calorie intake.

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